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Technical Bulletins
Protection of Utility Employees
Abstract: Also MP&E-93-48
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Potential Health Effects of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Due to Maglev and Other Electric Rail Systems
Keywords: Electric and Magnetic fields, EMF, Extremely low frequency, ELF, Power line frequency, Static magnetic fields, Electrified rail, Magnetic levitation, Maglev, Health effects, Biological effects, Epidemiologic studies, Experimental studies
Abstract: The safety of magnetically-levitated (maglev) and high-speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for use in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad Administration....
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Comparison of Magnetic and Electric Fields of Conventional and Advanced Electrified Transportation Systems.
Keywords: Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF): Static (dc) Magnetic Fiel'd: Alternating (ac) field; Extra Low Frequency (ELF): Passenger Trains: Maglev: Rapid Transit Rail;
Abstract: Concerns exist regarding the potential safety, environmental and health effects on the public and on transportation workers due to electrification along new or existing rail...
Technical Reports
Environmental Externalities and Social Costs of Transportation Systems- Measurement, Mitigation and Costing: An Annotated Bibliography
Abstract: There is increasing interest in how the full costs of environmental and social impacts can be weighed in the decision-making process. To allow planners, policy makers, legislators...
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems Broadband Magnetic Fields: Their Possible Role in EMF-Associated Bioeffects
Keywords: Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF); Exposures; Electrical Transportation Systems; Maglev; Potential Adverse Health Effects; Broadband EMF Frequency Characteristics; EMF Biological Effects; Occupational Epidemiologic Data
Abstract: This report reviews electric and magnetic field (EMF) exposures from electrical transportation systems, including electrically powered rail and magnetic levitation (maglev)....